With a berth in the state tournament already secured, Mackenzie Smock and Cassie Sierka of Bethel Park played with a “nothing-to-lose” attitude in the WPIAL Class 3A doubles championship match. “We knew that we were already going to states. We were already qualified. So we just came ...
Upper St. Clair enters hostile territory Oct. 9 when the Panthers visit Bethel Park for an Allegheny Six Conference football showdown. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. “Bethel Park does a great job of making their place a difficult place to play,” said USC skipper Mike Junko. “They have great ...
Evan Smirniw stands 6 feet, 5 inches tall but the Upper St. Clair junior is not a basketball player. “I should be,” he admitted. Smirniw, however, had other plans. During his youth, he tried every sport, except lacrosse, and as he approached high school, he mapped out a strategy with ...
In the past decade no football rivalry in the South Hills has been bigger than Peters Township versus Upper St. Clair. “We’ve played some really good games these last 10 years against them,” said Indians’ head coach TJ Plack. While USC is rivals with Mt. Lebanon and Peters Township ...
Sept. 5 is Swim Night at PNC Park when the Pirates host the Los Angeles Angels at 6:40 p.m. Olympic swimmer Josh Matheny of Upper St. Clair is the special guest and he will participate in an autograph session to help raise funds for the USA Swimming Foundation as portions of ticket sales ...
Second-best doesn’t play well at Upper St. Clair. So after years of almost, the Panthers are prepared to finish this football season. “Expectations here never change,” said Mike Junko, who enters his eighth season as USC head coach. “Challenge for a conference title and find a way to ...
